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End of the Android Road: Why I got an iPhone

This is going to be BIG.

I had a couple of Palm phones, a Windows mobile phone in 2005, and even had a Helio. Androids have plenty of memory--when you include their flash memory cards. The problem is that not all apps work on the flash memory, particularly the ones that use some core functionality of the phone. When everyone went iPhone, I went Android.

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Ok Color. How about solving the more basic (and important) problem with photos?

VC Adventure

On any number of flash drives. Everyone I know has the same basic problem with photos: They’re everywhere. On your phone. Synced with one of 5 different computers. Sitting on one of 3 different external hard drives. On a half a dozen cloud services. And almost without exception never fully and truly backed up anywhere.

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2013 Top 10 Storage Trends: Hitachi Data Systems

YoungUpstarts

The Emergence of Enterprise Flash Controllers. The use of high-performance flash solid state drives (SSDs) in the enterprise has been slow due to their high price and limited durability compared to hard disk drives. Creating a Secure Platform for the Adoption of Mobile Devices. The Need for Object-Based File Systems.

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Ok Color. How about solving the more basic (and important) problem with photos?

VC Adventure

On any number of flash drives. Everyone I know has the same basic problem with photos: They’re everywhere. On your phone. Synced with one of 5 different computers. Sitting on one of 3 different external hard drives. On a half a dozen cloud services. And almost without exception never fully and truly backed up anywhere.

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Special: 72 Israeli Companies Exhibit at the 2010 Mobile World Congress

VC Cafe

A bout 50,000 visitors from 200 countries are expected to attend the 2010 GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, starting tomorrow February 15th. Green: low-energy consuming phones and products for using the mobile as an energy monitoring device in the house. Cost control & mobile least cost routing implementation.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter – February 2012

VC Cafe

IBM is acquiring Worklight , a privately held Israeli company that provides a mobile software platform for smartphones and tablets. an Israeli provider of flash caching and virtualization software and hardware. IBM BUYS ISRAELI START-UP WORKLIGHT. Worklight is IBM’s 11th acquisition in Israel.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter – February 2012

VC Cafe

IBM is acquiring Worklight , a privately held Israeli company that provides a mobile software platform for smartphones and tablets. an Israeli provider of flash caching and virtualization software and hardware. IBM BUYS ISRAELI START-UP WORKLIGHT. Worklight is IBM’s 11th acquisition in Israel.

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